Hellenic Olympic Committee
Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) Ελληνική Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή ( Greek ) Hellenic Olympic Committee ( English ) Comité olympique hellénique ( French ) |
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Founded | 11/24/1894 |
Place of foundation | Athens , Greece |
president | Spyros Capralos |
societies | 27 national associations |
Homepage | hoc.gr |
The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) (Greek: Ελληνική Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή, EOA) is the national Olympic association of Greece. He is one of the oldest associations of this type and, when he joined the International Olympic Committee in 1895, he was also one of the first members of the umbrella organization.
The task of the committee is to organize the participation of Greek athletes in the Olympic Games as well as some other multinational sporting events. It represents a total of 27 national associations of individual sports and represents them in the European Olympic Committee (EOC) .
history
The Hellenic Olympic Committee was founded in Athens on November 24, 1894. The first president was the then Greek Crown Prince Constantine . The main motivation behind the establishment of the federal government was the implementation of the first modern Olympic Games . The model for this was the first Olympic Congress , which was held in June 1984 at the Sorbonne University in Paris . 13 nations from all over the world had come together to found the International Olympic Committee and agreed that the first modern Summer Games should take place in Greece, the place of origin of the Games. Demetrius Vikelas , representative of the Greek state at this conference, became the first chairman of the IOC.
The first meeting was held on the founding day, which dealt with the early hosting of the first modern Olympic Games. These took place from March 25 to April 3, 1896 in the specially renovated Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens.
As a reaction to the great success of the Games, Greece introduced a first sports law on July 10, 1899, which among other things regulated the state of physical education in schools and defined the tasks of the HOC that are still valid today. Accordingly, the organization of the Panhellenic Games and the participation in international sporting events in its area of responsibility no longer existed . In addition, the upkeep and maintenance of the Panathinaiko stadium was entrusted to him.
The law also laid down the structure of the commission. From then on, this consisted of twelve members who elected a president.
The first Panhellenic Games were organized in 1901, and in 1906 the association's stadium was the scene of the one-off Olympic Intermediate Games . The importance of this competition for the young thought of modern games is now considered to be far-reaching. The 1900 and 1904 Summer Games in Paris and Saint Louis were both part of the world exhibitions and therefore received far less attention than the events in 1896 initially suggested. The custom of all participants marching into the Olympic stadium, which is still part of the Games today, as well as the idea of the Olympic village were first introduced there.
The organization of the Mediterranean Games , which have been held since 1951, falls under the direction of the HOC.
Since the establishment of the International Olympic Academy in 1961 by the IOC, the operation of this information and training facility has been under the control of the Greek National Committee. The purpose of the institution, based in Athens, is to maintain and spread the Olympic spirit as well as the targeted promotion of young athletes worldwide. The facility also operates an extensive sports library and the management of the Museum of the History of the Ancient Olympic Games and the Museum of the Modern Olympic Games in Archea Olymbia .
Traditionally, the torch lighting ceremony for the Olympic torch relay is the responsibility of the HOC.
List of presidents of the HOC
President | Term of office | President | Term of office |
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Crown Prince Constantine | 1894-1912 | Princess Irene | 1965-1968 |
Constantine I (Greece) | 1913 | Theodosios Papathanasiadis | 1969-1973 |
Crown Prince Georg | 1914-1917 | Spyridon Vellianitis | 1973-1974 |
Miltiadis Negrepontis | 1918-1920 | Apostolos Nikolaidis | 1974-1976 |
Crown Prince Georg | 1921-1922 | Georgios Athanasiadis | 1976-1983 |
George II (Greece) | 1922-1923 | Aggelos Lempesis | 1983-1984 |
Georgios Averoff | 1924-1930 | Lambis Nikolaou | 1985-1992 |
Ioannis Drosopoulos | 1930-1936 | Antonios Tzikas | 1993-1996 |
Crown Prince Paul | 1936-1948 | Lambis Nikolaou | 1997-2004 |
Paul (Greece) | 1948-1952 | Minos Kyriakou | 2004-2009 |
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | 1953-1954 | Spyros Capralos | since 2009 |
Crown Prince Constantine | 1955-1964 |
Members of the IOC
member | Term of office |
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Demetrius Vikelas | 1894-1899 |
Alexandros Merkatis | 1899-1925 |
Georgios Averoff | 1926-1930 |
Nikolaos Politis | 1930-1933 |
Aggelos Volanakis | 1933-1963 |
Ioannis Ketseas | 1946-1965 |
Constantine II (Greece) | 1963-1974 |
Pyrros Lappas | 1965-1980 |
Epaminondas Petralias | 1975-1977 |
Nikolaos Nisiotis | 1978-1986 |
Nikos Filaretos | 1981-2005 |
Lambis Nikolaou | 1986-2015 |
Spyros Capralos | since 2019 |
Member associations
The Hellenic Olympic Committee bundles the international activities of a total of 27 national associations for specific sports, 26 of which are active in disciplines of the Summer Olympic Games and one association in disciplines of the Winter Games .
Sports facilities of the HOC
Panathinaiko Stadium , Athens
Karaiskaki Stadium , Athens
Olympic Sports Complex Athens (partnership)
Other institutions: International Olympic Academy (Athens), Museum of the History of the Ancient Olympic Games , Museum of the Modern Olympic Games (both in Archea Olymbia ), former headquarters building in Athens (until 1999)
Web links
Homepage of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (Greek, English)
Report by the HOK President on the association's work in times of crisis (DLF, June 12, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Aim. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Phelan, James, 1979- author .: 1. 2014, ISBN 978-1-74283-196-1 (English).
- ↑ COMMISSIONS 2017-2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).